10/30/2024
I was born alone, and I will die alone. I’ve got to do what’s right for me and not live my life the way anybody else wants it. You came into this life with the only possessions that really ever matter: your body, the time you have to live, your energy, your unique thoughts and ideas, and your autonomy. But over the years, you tend to give all of this away. You spend years working for others; they own you during that period. You get needlessly caught up in other people’s games and battles, wasting energy and time that you will never get back. You come to respect your own ideas less and less, listening to experts, conforming to conventional opinions, and, without realizing it, you squander your independence—everything that makes you a creative individual.
Before it is too late, you must reassess your entire concept of ownership. It is not about possessing money, things, or titles. You can have all of that in abundance, but if you look to others for help and guidance, if you depend on your money or resources, then you will usually lose what you have when people let you down, adversity strikes, or you reach for some foolish scheme out of impatience.
True ownership can come only from within. It comes with a disdain for anything and anybody who impinges on your mobility, from confidence in your own decisions, and from the use of your time in constant education and improvement. Only from this inner position of strength and self-reliance will you truly be able to work for yourself and never turn back.